About
A ranking site with two markets
Rank a trio. Get a number. Collectrio exists so collectors can compare names the way they actually decide: Sleeve, Swap, or Store on Cards, and Train, Trade, or Transfer on GO.
What this is
Collectrio is an unofficial ranking tool for two hobbies that look similar from the outside and are not the same collection. Cards uses Sleeve, Swap, and Store. GO uses Train, Trade, and Transfer. Those boards never mix. A Cards name cannot beat a GO name, because they never share a trio.
The number on each name is not a scrape and not a storefront. People submit three names. Collectrio turns those comparisons into a 1000–9999 rating. The recipe is public on the methodology page. Each name also has its own page, such as Umbreon VMAX Alt or Shiny Rayquaza.
If you want a short product definition before you rank, start with What is Collectrio? That guide is the plain overview; this About page is the project framing — who it is for, what stays off the site, and how to reach the operator.
How the two products stay separate
Cards lives at the site home and under /cards with rankings at /cards/rankings and a package tool at /cards/calculator. GO lives only under /go, with its own rankings and calculator. Format lenses also stay product-local: Binder, Playable, and Value on Cards; Dex, Raids, and Trade bait on GO. A lens rebuilds who belongs on a board — it is not a cosmetic color filter.
Rankings boards show crowd order for the active lens. Submit an honest trio when you want to contribute comparisons; Cards votes never move the GO board, and the reverse is also true. The longer story is on How rankings work.
Editorial team
Guides on Collectrio are credited to Bernie. Bernie runs Collectrio and also builds Dynasty Cheat Code and Still Good. Guide pages do not include years-of-experience claims or credential theater.
How we write and check guides
Guides are researched from Collectrio’s own product surfaces: the Cards board (Sleeve / Swap / Store) and the GO board (Train / Trade / Transfer), the public scoring recipe on methodology, and the rules that keep Cards and GO catalogs, Elo pools, rankings, and calculators separate. Editorial copy explains how those boards work. It does not invent dollar prices, scrape marketplace comps, or treat relative crowd scores as appraisals.
Before a guide ships, it is checked against locked verbs, the two-boards rule, and the live paths linked from the guides hub — rankings, calculators, FAQ, glossary, and related guides. When rankings behavior, calculator modifiers, or literacy pages change, guides are reviewed and updated so the visible Published and Updated dates stay honest with the guide file’s git history (first commit for Published, latest for Updated).
Corrections: if you spot an error, a broken path, or a place where a guide drifts from the live board, send a product note through Contact — include the guide URL and what should change. If you believe a page infringes rights rather than needing a factual fix, use the Takedown path instead.
Independence: Collectrio is an unofficial fan-made project. Unofficial fan-made tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures, or GAME FREAK. Guides are written to explain the boards and methodology on this site; they are not affiliate shopping pages, shop CTAs, or sponsored product roundups. Relative crowd ranks stay community-owned — see Why Collectrio is not a price list.
What you will not see
Collectrio does not show official card scans, GO sprites, or photos of someone’s binder. Marks on the site are abstract proxies: a letter, a set number or dex, a rarity chip. Identification is text — set, number, and rarity on Cards; dex, region, and form on GO.
Collectrio also does not publish dollar prices, scraped marketplace comps, or invented live ranking counts to look busy. Relative crowd scores are not appraisals. The editorial stance is spelled out in Why Collectrio is not a price list and in the terms.
Who it is for
People who already have too many names and need a shared language for “I would protect this,” “this can move,” and “this can sit.” It is not a shop, not a grading service, and not advice about what to buy tonight. Partners who both unlock the same board can share a calculator URL and argue from the same relative ladder instead of unanchored shouting.
New collectors who only need definitions can skim the FAQ and glossary, then pick a starter guide from the guides hub— for example starter Cards binder or starter GO dex.
Who runs it
Collectrio is a fan-made project intended to live at collectrio.com. There are no user accounts. Unofficial fan-made tool. Not affiliated with, endorsed, sponsored, or approved by The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, Creatures, or GAME FREAK. For questions or a removal request, use Contact or Takedown. Privacy and advertising details live on the privacy page.